A new Medal of Honor game is on the way and for the first time ever, the series is leaving the Second World War behind and moving to a more "modern" setting.

The Medal of Honor franchise has been mired in the shadow of Activision's rival Call of Duty series for years now, all but forgotten in the frenzy over the Modern Warfare games and even Treyarch's more-successful-than-you-think World at War. But much like Popeye when he's finally gotten sick of taking crap from Bluto, EA has dusted itself off and said, "That's all I can stands, and I can stands no more!"

Actually, what the company said is that it's "revitalizing" the franchise and true to its word, EA announced today that a new Medal of Honor title is in the works. This time around, no doubt inspired by the success of the Modern Warfare games, players will be sent to current-day Afghanistan as a Tier 1 Operator, "a relatively unknown entity directly under the National Command Authority who takes on missions no one else can handle." EA says it's been working with Tier 1 Operators from the Special Operations community since development of the game began to ensure the game offers "the most authentic modern war experience" possible.

"When we first set out to reinvent Medal of Honor, we wanted to stay true to its roots of authenticity and respect for the soldier but bring it into today's war," said Executive Producer Greg Goodrich. "The Tier 1 Operator is the most disciplined, deliberate and prepared warrior on the battlefield. He is a living, breathing, precision instrument of war. We are honored to have the rare opportunity to work closely with these men to create a game that shares their experience."

The new Medal of Honor will feature a single-player campaign created by EA Los Angeles, while EA DICE is developing the multiplayer side. "We are so proud to bring together two powerhouse development teams to make this game a reality," added EALA General Manager Sean Decker. "Medal of Honor promises to be an unforgettable entry in the modern shooter genre."

Medal of Honor is currently in development for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC, and is scheduled for release sometime in 2010.

Oh god... what MoH needs is something new, not just following others games. Series was good up till Rising Sun then it took a turn for the worst. (played Rising Sun and the one they brought out on the wii whatever it was called?)

I don't know whether to be excited or whether I should just sigh. Medal of Honor did bring a great improvement to the FPS genre when Frontline came out. That game was beyond awesome. The series could very well have continued to be a juggernaut if Rising Sun hadn't completely killed the momentum by being so bad! Call of Duty picked up right where Medal of Honor fell apart and, in my mind, is the worthy successor to the series. But apparently EA just couldn't understand that it was over and has continued to deface the Medal of Honor name even further. I don't know whether to say "EA what the hell are you doing?! Stop before you completely ruin Medal of Honor forever! NOOOOOO!!" or hold a tempered excitement. But in all probability, this will likely be a shameless clone of Modern Warfare 2. Damn you EA.

Furburt:Oh this is just pathetic. They completely rip off Call Of Duty already to the nth degree, and now this? Seriously, this is worse than Chinese WoW clones.

This goes to all who say EA is copying Activision.

The team that started making Call of Duty first made Medal of Honor games with EA back in the late 90s. That team then left EA, founded IW and worked with Activision to create Call of Duty. The Medal of Honor games since Call of Duty released were not the best but to say that EA is copying Activision by making a modern shooter is quite funny considering Call of Duty was the creative continuation of Medal of Honor: Allied Assault.

Good fucking riddance to World War II. If we go a good 5 or 10 year stretch without ANOTHER WWII shooter it'll still be too soon. I'm quite curious to see how this goes.

Not just took "inspiration." It was the same 3 guys who made that game made the original Call of Duty!

Why do people take offense when others try to copy what somebody else did and make it better? That is what World of Warcraft was. They took what was good in all other MMOs of the time and just did it better. For all you people know, the new Medal of Honor will take everything that is good about COD and make it better! The fall of COD is soon, games don't last more than one or two sequels before people get sick of it and move on to something else. Only the fanboys will stick to their guns and waste their money while the rest of us move on to a different better game.

I really hope they do this right.I remember playing 'Allied Assault' back in the day and just loving every moment of the single player (Didn't get into the multiplayer, except at LAN parties). It would be great to see these old dogs freshen up for a modern take on war.It's certainly easy to say they are just a bunch of 'Johnny-come-lately's, but there is potential here.And now it's time to play the wait-and-see game.(Or 'Hungry Hungry Hippos')

I don't have a good feeling about this. It's a bit late to be jumping on the modern warfare bandwagon, don't you think MoH? Especially since you were on pretty thin ice with most of your games so far, in my opinion anyway.